BS1 Collection - awesome looking haul of disks

[mai]

Would it not a good idea to put the link
www.amigaclub.be/bs1
in the first post of this thread?

[DamienD]

Done

[mai]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Done

thanks, you are there when you are needed

[SimonV]

Originally Posted by fryguy

Thanks for all the work, i know how boring it is to dump floppys

Nothing booze and some good music can't solve ;-)

[icycool]

Whatever you do, don't ask me to include a tetris game :P

[NLS]

Taking a break today?
(I got spoiled )

[LoneWolf]

Thank you so much guys for the time and effort you're dedicating to this project

[SimonV]

Originally Posted by NLS

Taking a break today?
(I got spoiled )

I was a bit busy getting my old Volvo through MOT today .. but Steffest cooked something together !

Here's everything that I didn't post here, update from today included.

[mark_k]

In part 43, "Lijst BS1 (early version).adf" contains what seems to be a partial list/database of the BS1 collection. Quite old since the files are dated September 1988. Run HyperCat and load "games" or "prg" into it. You can sort by name, type or disk number. (Maybe some of the BS1 collection disks could have those numbers written on their labels???)

That could maybe be of some use to see which programs are on compilation disks. You should be able to print the lists to a text file for perusal on your PC.

Some more disk sets which aren't obvious from filenames alone...

Doug's Math Aquarium: MathAquarium_D1.adf, DM_Lib_Disk.adf, DM_Data.adf
Kindwords: Kindworlds_v1.9.adf, Fonts.adf, Diet.adf (typo for Dict.adf I guess)
More AmigaTeX(-related) disks: TEX.adf, TEX files.adf, LATEX macros.adf, LATEX files docs.adf, LASER#?.adf, 24nadler#?.adf, Laser#?.adf, Preview#?.adf, 9nadler#?.adf

[emufan]

found on BS1 #20 Mimetics SoundScape ProMIDI Studio (Promidi v1.4.adf)
one of these rare things

[k0x]

Fingers crossed that AmiWin 2.22 registered will appear there

[SimonV]

Originally Posted by mark_k

In part 43, "Lijst BS1 (early version).adf" contains what seems to be a partial list/database of the BS1 collection. Quite old since the files are dated September 1988. Run HyperCat and load "games" or "prg" into it. You can sort by name, type or disk number. (Maybe some of the BS1 collection disks could have those numbers written on their labels???)

That could maybe be of some use to see which programs are on compilation disks. You should be able to print the lists to a text file for perusal on your PC.

Some more disk sets which aren't obvious from filenames alone...

Doug's Math Aquarium: MathAquarium_D1.adf, DM_Lib_Disk.adf, DM_Data.adf
Kindwords: Kindworlds_v1.9.adf, Fonts.adf, Diet.adf (typo for Dict.adf I guess)
More AmigaTeX(-related) disks: TEX.adf, TEX files.adf, LATEX macros.adf, LATEX files docs.adf, LASER#?.adf, 24nadler#?.adf, Laser#?.adf, Preview#?.adf, 9nadler#?.adf

I think Steffest could shed a bit of light on the contents of that box. He mentioned something about it that it contained some source and early BS1 action / startup things and tryings. We also had a backup of a harddrive I think in that box that he did unpack but as it contained family, invoice and other personal info he did not include it.

[NorthWay]

Any signs of "Monkey Business" / Other Valley Software?

[SimonV]

Originally Posted by NorthWay

Any signs of "Monkey Business" / Other Valley Products?

No idea ... the next installments of what we have will make that clear ( or not ) ;-)

[Steffest]

Originally Posted by mark_k

In part 43, "Lijst BS1 (early version).adf" contains what seems to be a partial list/database of the BS1 collection. Quite old since the files are dated September 1988. Run HyperCat and load "games" or "prg" into it.

TL/DR: "yes it's an interesting box but no, it's not THE list"

The full reply:

Yes it does!
That was an interesting box.
I think it was his "close at hand" box.
Next to the (original) CU amiga disks that obviously took some years to fill, it contained lots of "work" disks with office like stuff and lots of copy&disk utils.
Interesting are the 5 "sources" disks that contain C and assembler sources for some very early concepts and tests for scrollers etc.

There was also a 29-disk span Quarterback backup of his harddrive.
It contains lots of personal files such as family stuff and invoices etc.
It also contained names and addresses of "last warning" and "blacklist" peopl that apparently didn't pay their bills for C64 and Amiga stuff, haha :-)
Apparently he was more an "administration" guy and not a coder because no source files where on the harddrive.
Ok, the data is 30 years old, but it's still personal so I left it out.

The list you mention is definitely a BS1 list as the source images of the "intro" are on another disk (PB95pic.adf) and the PO box returns in some intros.
Hypercat was a program used by most of the swappers in the Flanders region in that time, so it seems.
One of the other disks in that pack contains the "javago" list. That was the guy me and my friends went to for our "fix". As 12/13 years olds we biked the 16 km to his house to copy!copy!copy! until our money for spare disks ran out, or until he grew tired of us and threw us out.
It was also at his place I saw a modem and a BSS for the first time ever. My eyes nearly popped out of my head as I instantly knew this was the world where I wanted to spend the rest of days ... oh the memories :-)

Anyway, back to the BS1 list.
Sadly the numbers on that list are not the ones that sometimes are written on the disks.
We found - however - another disk with some "pen-pall" files that also contains lists of disks with numbers that DO match the one written on the disks.
But - sorry to disappoint you - it's also not THE list either because there are A LOT more disks then items on the list and the other way around:
not every item in the list is in the BS1 disk archive: the disk numbering has gaps.


As it's all only partial and incomplete data, I just name the adf files by hand according to what's written on the label.
If the label only contains a number, I made a small script that renames the adf to the name in the pen-pall list automatically.
Most of the disks just have a label though, no numbers.

[SimonV]

And in the meantime we are at part 47 already.... almost at 2/3 of our endeavor.

[emufan]

#49 comes with two more rare midi applications:
Studio 24 v2.1.adf - midi sequencer
Midi #3.adf - Tab - score editor with midi support

[SimonV]

Originally Posted by emufan

#49 comes with two more rare midi applications:
Studio 24 v2.1.adf - midi sequencer
Midi #3.adf - Tab - score editor with midi support

I have to ask ... what makes it rare ? It was unavailable or ?

[emufan]

Originally Posted by SimonV

I have to ask ... what makes it rare ? It was unavailable or ?

yes, simply nowhere to be found. Studio 24 for example is just mentioned in an index file, of an iso we do not have.
so many duplicates of games can be found, but certain apps seems gone forever

[ma693541]

emufan, I have all Amiga Apps from the latest TOSEC dat dated 2017-11-01. What do you want?